Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #655 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Mears, Bartholomew
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) 7 Jan 1819/29 Dec 1823
Abstract My Negro Rachel to be sold by her choosing her master. To son Samuel Mears my Negro woman Mat & all her increase & my wife is to have no thirds of Samuel Mears' Negroes. To son Johnan W. Mears my Negro girl Leah & her increase. To son Henry Mears my Negro girl Susey.
Main Source Reference 1823-24 w&c., p. 317

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